Management Malapropisms

[Wills2]

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Myself once had to speak to him

You wouldn't write this on its own so why write it as part of a sentence?

Stop it Paul! I didn't listen at school, but I will try harder and one day I hope to make you proud of me.

Now naff off!

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 18th December 09:55

[Pothole]

Wills2 said:

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Myself once had to speak to him

You wouldn't write this on its own so why write it as part of a sentence?

Stop it Paul! I didn't listen at school, but I will try harder and one day I hope to make you proud of me.

Now naff off!

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 18th December 09:55

hahahaha, sorry!

[Wills2]

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Myself once had to speak to him

You wouldn't write this on its own so why write it as part of a sentence?

Stop it Paul! I didn't listen at school, but I will try harder and one day I hope to make you proud of me.

Now naff off!

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 18th December 09:55

hahahaha, sorry!

Noticed you've updated your garage with an S90, very wafty.

[Pothole]

Wills2 said:

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Pothole said:

Wills2 said:

Myself once had to speak to him

You wouldn't write this on its own so why write it as part of a sentence?

Stop it Paul! I didn't listen at school, but I will try harder and one day I hope to make you proud of me.

Now naff off!

Edited by Wills2 on Saturday 18th December 09:55

hahahaha, sorry!

Noticed you've updated your garage with an S90, very wafty.

indeed, Luxury Edition, no less!

[Blown2CV]

I had to bite my lip when big big boss man at my work used the term 'vinegar strokes' to describe where we were within the lifecycle of a particular project.

Now I understand I could wrong but is this not more or less exclusively a sexual term?

[andy_s]

^ No, people use it for all sorts, you'll be fine

[M@H]

Carrot said:

When doing work for medium / large corporates, I get to hear some astounding bullst phrases being said.

The worst usually come from the "lean" consultant types...

My current recent pet hates are -

"Let's get together and have a Town Hall" (Apparently, this means have a small meeting - why they just can't say meeting is beyond me)

Accenture by any chance !?!?!

[rhinochopig]

A chap I worked with came away from Rolls-Royce in tears of laughter because as he leaving the meeting, the chair of the meeting said:

"we must touch cloth again soon"

[purplepolarbear]

M@H said:

Carrot said:

When doing work for medium / large corporates, I get to hear some astounding bullst phrases being said.

The worst usually come from the "lean" consultant types...

My current recent pet hates are -

"Let's get together and have a Town Hall" (Apparently, this means have a small meeting - why they just can't say meeting is beyond me)

Accenture by any chance !?!?!

I was once required to go on a "communication skills" course and at the start of this we all introduced ourselves and said why we were on the course. Once chap from this company said that his reasons were to "bulls..t more effectively".

[clonmult]

andy_s said:

^ No, people use it for all sorts, you'll be fine

It may be used for all sorts, but its original intention is the pre-orgasmic point of no return ....

[Blown2CV]

clonmult said:

andy_s said:

^ No, people use it for all sorts, you'll be fine

It may be used for all sorts, but its original intention is the pre-orgasmic point of no return ....

my thoughts... with the metaphor being at the point where the chippy puts the vinegar on your fish and chips, you have bought them? Not sure but yea I stifled a giggle and everyone looked at me.

[sebhaque]

rhinochopig said:

A chap I worked with came away from Rolls-Royce in tears of laughter because as he leaving the meeting, the chair of the meeting said:

"we must touch cloth again soon"

We're terrible for it, most managers touch base and run things up the flagpole very often. I was once told, in no uncertain terms, to conduct a vis-a-vis with one of our suppliers and to run some ideas up the flagpole. Moving forward, touch base with Rolls about their solutions and, when back on site, chew the fat in the break out area.

The break out area is a series of desks in the middle of the open-plan office where small meetings/sit-downs are held (that don't need a full room booking). Makes sense although the term "break out area" isn't my first choice.

[Adam B]

I work for a US bank, usually a recipe for verbal BS disasters

the only 2 regulars:

strawman - as in rough draft

although there is lots of reaching out and leveraging going on

most of the excesses described above avoided mnd you

[dirtbiker]

I work in Oil and Gas and one of my particular favourites is "drilling down" - hear it a lot!

We also do quite a lot of "alignment" - no, not just on our rotating equipment - and the inevitable networking... The problem is that I laugh at people who say these things and then catch myself using them all the time, one of the horrors of being in the head office I think!

[Blown2CV]

dirtbiker said:

The problem is that I laugh at people who say these things and then catch myself using them all the time, one of the horrors of being in the head office I think!

+1 and i hate myself more than a rapist when it happens

[Red rose]

dirtbiker said:

I work in Oil and Gas and one of my particular favourites is "drilling down" - hear it a lot!

We also do quite a lot of "alignment" - no, not just on our rotating equipment - and the inevitable networking... The problem is that I laugh at people who say these things and then catch myself using them all the time, one of the horrors of being in the head office I think!

Ha ... what with us and MS there must be more BS in TVP than the rest of the country combined !